Girlfriend (Michael Jackson song)
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| Single by Michael Jackson from the album Off the Wall |
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| B-side | "Bless His Soul" (with The Jacksons) | |||||||||||||
| Released | July 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop/R&B/Ballad | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:05 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Epic Records | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||||||||||||
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"Girlfriend" is the fifth and last single to be released by singer Michael Jackson from his hugely-successful album, Off the Wall in 1980. The single was only released in the UK, where it performed rather poorly, just managing to enter the top 50 at #41 and falling out of the top 100 completely after five weeks.
It also is the first collaboration between Jackson and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. They also worked together on "The Girl Is Mine" from Thriller and two tracks from McCartney's Pipes of Peace album, "Say Say Say" and "The Man". The musical partnership would end in the 1980s after Jackson purchased the ATV Music catalog, which held the rights to numerous Beatles tracks, which McCartney contested.
This song originally appeared on Paul McCartney & Wings' 1978 album London Town.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] UK single
- "Girlfriend" – 3:04
- "Bless His Soul" (with The Jacksons)
[edit] Credits
- Written and composed by Paul McCartney
- Produced by Quincy Jones
- Lead and background vocals: Michael Jackson
- Bass: Louis Johnson
- Drums: John Robinson
- Electric piano: Greg Phillinganes
- Synthesizer: David Foster
- Synthesizer programming: George Duke
- Guitar: Wah Wah Watson and Marlo Henderson
- Horns arranged by Jerry Hey and performed by The Seawind Horns:
- Trumpet and flugelhorn: Jerry Hey
- Tenor, alto saxophones and flute: Larry Williams
- Baritone, tenor saxophones and flute: Kim Hutchcroft
- Trombone: William Reichenbach
- Trumpet: Gary Grant
- Rhythm arrangement by Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler and Greg Phillinganes
- Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
[edit] External links
- Michael Jackson "Girlfriend" Collection - Jacksonstreet
